now for the news. a bbc investigation has led to the identification of a new suspect in the stephen lawrence murder case. he s been publicly named for the first time as matthew white who died two years ago. the investigation found the met police seriously mishandled key evidence relating to him. scotland yard has apologised for how it handled the case. russia s defence minister has appeared in public for the first time since the uprising by wagner mercenaries. sergei shoigu has been pictured in state media visiting troops on the frontline in ukraine. wagner s leader, yevgeny prigozhin, had demanded his removal when he ordered troops to advance on moscow. a woman whose husband and son died in a submersible which imploded in the atlantic says she was supposed to be on board. christine dawood gave her place on what was meant to be a tour of the titanic wreck to her 19 year old son, suleman. and a study has found that people in the uk are less likely to survive trea
there was no mention at all of the rebellion. there s also footage of the defence minister at a military command post. he cold the defence minister evil and said he had to be sacked. nato s secretary general has given his first reaction to the weekend s remarkable events. to weekend s remarkable events. trr remind you all this is about internal russian matters. and therefore what nato is focused on is supporting ukraine. it demonstrates the fragility of the russian regime, but it is not for nato to intervene in those issues. that is a russian matter. what matters for nato is not to be intimidated or prevented from continuing to provide support for ukraine. in a video released by the kremlin russia s prime minister appeared to blame the west for last weekend s chaos and called on the russian people, to unite behind president putin. translation: russia is going through an important time in its history. as the president noted, virtually the entire military, economic, infor
nigel farage says he want to be a candidate for prime minister in five years time. right now, his party is promising to cut the nhs england waiting list to zero in two years. how is that possible? and the two child benefit cap which both the conservatives and labour will keep will plunge half a million more children into relative poverty ,according to new figures., according to new figures. welcome to newsnight, where we bring you interviews and election insight live every weeknight. our political panel tonight is conservative peer lord ed vaizey. and the boss of electricity company ecotricity, dale vince, who will support labour at this election. he s donated money to labour, the greens and lib dems in the past. we ll hearfrom them in a moment. first, nick, take ouraudience through what mr farage was promising today and why merthyr tydfil? as you say the key word is contract, nigel farage says it is not a manifesto, because he says manifestos are associated with the est
On Bbc News At Five. A former royal marine, Ciaran Maxwell, has beenjailed for 18 years for supplying bombs to dissident irish republicans. Plans to recruit an extra 21,000 Mental Health workers in england over the next four years, have been announced by the health secretary. Downing street has insisted that Free Movement of people will end in march 2019, when the uk leaves the european union. And real madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has appeared before a court in the city accused of tax fraud. Good evening from Tyne Cot Cemetery in belgium, where commemorations have been taking place to mark 100 years since the start of one of the bloodiest battles of world war one. Over three months, british and allied troops fought with german soldiers in what became known as the Battle Of Passchendaele. In the fields around this cemetery, around half a million soldiers on both sides of the war were killed, wounded or went missing. Prince charles, along with the duke and duchess of cambridge, j
And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News the best manager in the world Claudio Ranieri is honoured by fifa for taking leicester to the Premier League title. Good evening. An honest discussion is needed about the way people use accident and Emergency Departments in englands hospitals. Thats the message from jeremy hunt the Health Secretary as hospitals Report Unprecendented demand during the winter months. Hes also suggested that patients with less Serious Problems might no longer be covered by a commitment to be seen within four hours. But he has denied suggestions from the red cross that the nhs is facing a humanitarian crisis. Our Health Editor hugh pym has the latest. Whatever the intense pressure on the nhs theres a commitment for hospitals to assess or treat almost all patients within four hours of arriving at a e. But at a time when the service in england is creaking under the strain thats been thrown into doubt. Secretary jeremy hunt. The Health Secretary jeremy into doubt. Secret